Small Wars Journal Daily Roundup
US Naval Institute Daily - USNI
Real Clear World – RCP
Afghanistan
Pentagon: Afghan Forces Face Challenges But ‘On Track’ to Take Charge - WT
Afghan Forces Show Progress, DOD Officials Tell House Committee - AFPS
Afghan Forces Need Reading Lessons Before Security Transfer - Reuters
Karzai Calls for Government Reform - WP
16 Dead After Militants Lay Siege to Resort in Afghanistan - NYT
Taliban Insurgents Attack Kabul Hotel, At Least 15 Dead - WP
Taliban Storm Afghan Hotel, Kill 18 People - AP
Troops End Taliban Hotel Siege - BBC
Services to Decide Possible Discipline in Quran Burning Incident - AFPS
Pre-trial Hearing in Bamberg for Soldier who Killed Civilian Continues - S&S
ISAF Operations Summary - AFPS
Pakistan
Pentagon Chief All but Rules Out Apology for Pakistan - Reuters
Pakistan’s Multiple Power Struggles Point to Continued Tumult - WP
Pakistan’s Ruling Party Nominates New Candidate for PM - NYT
PM Candidate Switch in Pakistan - BBC
Ruling Party Replaces PM Nominee After Arrest Warrant - Reuters
Pakistan Party Picks Nominee for PM - WP
Pakistan's Political Crisis Grows as PM Nominee Faces Arrest - VOA
Court Orders Arrest of Presidential Ally in a Drug Inquiry - NYT
Pakistani Harassment of US Diplomats Said to Rise - AP
Pakistan 'Impairing' US Diplomats - BBC
Syria
CIA Said to Aid in Steering Arms to Syrian Opposition - NYT
Not Time to Arm Syrians, Pentagon Chief Says - Reuters
West Floats Clemency Offer if Assad Goes Quietly - IHT
Syria Said to Possess Vast Quantities of Chemical Weapons - VOA
Arab League Urges Russia to End Syria Arms Sales - Reuters
Red Cross Evacuation in Homs On Hold - VOA
UN: 1.5 Million Syrians Need Humanitarian Help - Reuters
US to Maintain Pressure on Assad Regime, DOD Press Secretary Says - AFPS
US Adds Syria to List of Countries Not Fighting Slavery - VOA
Syria Jet Pilot Defects to Jordan - BBC
Syrian Pilot Granted Asylum in Jordan - NYT
Syrian Fighter Pilot Defects to Jordan, Gets Asylum - Reuters
US Welcomes Defection of Syrian Pilot - WP
Syrian Activists Report More Defections - AP
Syria Says 'Terrorists' Kill 25 People in Village - Reuters
European Ministers in Lebanon to Tackle Syria Spill Over - Reuters
Iran
As Iran Talks Falter, Fears of Military Action Increase - VOA
Insight: Iran Talks-Across the Table, a Wary Stalemate - Reuters
Israel to Press Visiting Putin on Iran - AP
Iran Says Israel, US Plan Fresh Cyber Attacks - Haartez
Sanctions Against Iran - NYT editorial
The Saudi End Game for Iran - AT opinion
Middle East / North Africa
Hamas 'Ready for Israel Truce' - BBC
Iraq: 2 Bombs in Busy Baghdad Market Kill 9, Wound 50 - AP
Iraq: Blasts Kill Eight at Baghdad Market - BBC
Iraq: Nephew of Saddam Hussein Claims Asylum in Austria - Reuters
US Weighs Plan to Send Military Aircraft to Aid Yemen - TWB
Under the Abaya, Saudi Women Grasp Reform Toehold - Reuters
Egypt's Shafiq Campaign Signals Softening in Standoff - VOA
Libya's Clashes Leave 105 Dead - BBC
Gun Smugglers Attacked in Tunisia - BBC
In the Battle for Egypt, West Must Back Islamists - Economist editorial
Hamas Violence Undermines Real Resistance - TN editorial
Cutting Off Aid to Egypt Won't Work - TNI opinion
The Muslim Brotherhood's Useful Idiots - JP opinion
To Defeat al-Qaeda, Win in Yemen - Bloomberg opinion
The Five Models of Arab Revolution - WPR opinion
WikiLeaks
Ecuador 'Examining' Assange Asylum Case - BBC
Ecuador to Decide on Wikileaks Founder Asylum Bid - AJ
Assange: Ecuador Asylum Bid May Not Succeed - AP
Assange Says Ready for Life in Ecuador - Reuters
Assange Says 'Abandoned by Australia' - BBC
International Criminal Court
Clearing a Path to Global Justice - WP opinion
US Department of Defense
Pentagon Gets Attention, but Planned Cuts Range Far and Wide - NYT
McKeon: Congress 'Not Mature Enough' to Stop Sequestration - S&S
Army Told to Spend or Lose Mobile Tech Funds - WT
US Sending Floating Special Operations Base through Suez Canal - CNN
Review Panel Urges Changes in Combat, Incentive Pays - AFPS
Study Offers Glimpse Into Suicide Motives - AFPS
Reforms Improve DOD’s Security Clearance Process, Official Says - AFPS
Air Force Officials Announce Milestone Atlas V Launch - AFPS
USS Nimitz Spooks Drug Runners into Dumping 18,600 Pounds of Pot - S&S
United States
Strikes on Al Qaeda Leave Only 'Handful' of Top Targets - Reuters
House Committee Suspects 'Fast and Furious' Cover-up - WT
White House, GOP Square Off over Attorney General Holder - WP
Romney Hedges on Keeping Obama's Immigration Amnesty in Place - WT
Romney Exhibits a Change in Tone on Immigration - NYT
Agency Officials Praise New START Treaty Progress - AFPS
Texas Man Accused of Threatening Tennessee Mosque - NYT
Congress vs. Obama and Holder - WP editorial
Holder the Wrong Target - WP opinion
If Holder is Held in Contempt - WP opinion
Eric Holder Spits on Brian Terry's Grave - WT opinion
Illegal Immigration: Death in the Desert - NYT opinion
America's Best Export: Arms to Autocrats - FP opinion
Africa
AFRICOM Strives to ‘Turn on Lights’ Against Terrorism in Africa - AFPS
Fort Riley Soldiers First to Rotate to Africa Under New Strategy - S&S
Nigeria: US Designates Boko Haram as Terrorists - VOA
Nigeria: Boko Haram Men on US Terror List - BBC
Congo: Over 200,000 Flee Fighting in North Kivu - VOA
HRW: US 'Blocking Report on DR Congo' - BBC
Burundi Sentences Journalist to Life in Prison for Terrorism - NYT
Somaliland Future Discussed in UK - BBC
Somali Piracy Death Toll Rises as Violence Worsens - Reuters
South Africans Freed From Somali Pirates - VOA
South African Couple Freed from Somali Pirates - BBC
Liberia: A Chance at Life - WP opinion
Americas
Central America Next Drug Hot Spot - WT
Son of Mexico’s ‘El Chapo’ Arrested - WP
Drug Kingpin’s Son Is Arrested in Mexico - NYT
Mexico Marines Detain Suspected Son of Drug Lord - AP
Mexican Drug Lord's Son Arrested - BBC
Uruguay Bill to Legalize Drug Use - BBC
Paraguayan President's Trial to Start in Senate - AP
Paraguay Leader Faces Impeachment - BBC
Mexico Faces a Big Choice - NYP opinion
Asia Pacific / Central / South
South Korea, Japan, US Hold Military Drills - VOA
Allies Wage Largest Live-fire Drills Since Korean War - AP
Huge US, S. Korea War Games Called Warning to N. Korea
N. Korea Slams Joint Drill Among US, Japan and S. Korea - CNN
Vietnam Law on Contested Islands Draws China’s Ire - NYT
Crashes Fuel Uproar in Japan over US Aircraft - AP
US, Japanese Defense Officials to Meet to Discuss Osprey Issues - AFPS
Indonesian Court Sentences Bali Bomber to 20 Years - VOA
Indonesia: Militant Gets 20 Years in Prison for Bali Bombing - NYT
Indonesia: Military Plane Crashes Into Jakarta Homes, Killing 10 - AP
Chinese State Media: Democracy No 'Panacea' for Burma - VOA
Burma’s Suu Kyi Makes Historic Address to British Parliament - VOA
Ai Weiwei: Still Can't Leave China - VOA
Chinese Dissident Artist Ends Yearlong Probation - NYT
Hong Kong Newspaper Charged With Downplaying Dissident’s Death - NYT
Children of Mao's Wrath Vie for Power in China - Reuters
China Orders Top Army Officers to Declare Assets - AP
Cambodia Will Not Extradite Frenchman Linked to China’s Bo - AP
Europe
Amid Crisis, Leaders of Germany, France, Italy and Spain Meet - WP
Key European Leaders Meet to Ease Debt Crisis - AP
Talks May Test Partnership Between Weak France and Strong Germany - NYT
German Business Optimism Fades as Crisis Bites - AP
In Former E. Germany, Residents Resent Paying for Europe’s Problems - WP
A Tenuous Coalition Government Takes Reins in Greece - NYT
Russia: Putin Attempts to Reassure Investors - WP
Sweden on Alert, Explosives Found Near Nuke Plant - AP
Poland Shaken by Case Alleging Illicit CIA Prison There - LAT
Greek Extremists Accused of Anti-immigrant Attacks - AP
Norway Mass Killer's Prosecutors Ask for Insanity Ruling - VOA
Norway: Defense Argues Mass Killer Breivik is Sane - BBC
Norway: Mass Killer’s Lawyers Say He Is Sane - NYT
Key Moments in Trial of Norway Mass Killer - AP
UK Flexes Gunship Diplomacy with Russia - DT editorial